Modelling large-scale relationships between changes in woodland deer and bird populations

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 278-286

  Newson, Stuart E ^a   Johnston, Alison ^a   Renwick, Anna R ^a   Baillie, Stephen R ^a   Fuller, Robert J ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds of conservation concern; Deer browsing; Deer impacts; Luscinia megarhynchos; Poecile montanus; Woodland bird declines

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BROWSING; DEER; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; UNDERSTORY; WOODLAND;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; DAMA DAMA; LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS; MUNTIACUS; MUNTIACUS REEVESI; PARUS MONTANUS; SALIX;

EID: 84855942502     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02077.x     Document Type: Article

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